Knicks’ Video Pitch to LeBron James in 2010 Free Agency Leaked [WATCH]

The New York Knicks had a shot at landing the GOAT basketball player in the summer of 2010. They opted to go with a 10-minute video pitch to try and sell the city and the franchise to LeBron James, but ultimately LJ ditched them by bringing his talents to South Beach.

Once a top-secret, unreleased, not-meant-to-be-seen clip, the pitch has finally emerged after former ESPN investigative journalist Pablo Torre somehow got access to it, aired, and analyzed the footage in the latest episode of his show, Pablo Torre Finds Out, along with Jason Concepcion and Rob Perez.

The video features quite the cast of celebrities from a Sopranos revival and a follow-up to the show’s finale to Donald Trump (yes, that Donald Trump).

At the start of the clip, James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, reprise their roles as Tony and Carmela Soprano in a scene shot in Gandolfini’s apartment, as crazy as that sounds.

The scene suggests both moved to New York under witness protection, hinting that Tony survived the series finale.

The couple thinks LeBron would find it fine to come to Manhattan and MSG in particular, and then the thing spins into madness as the likes of Trump (“The real winners of the world want to be in New York”), Rudy Giuliani, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier, Spike Lee, Earl Monroe, Reggie Jackson, and Mark Messier make cameos here and there.

As Torre and his guests point out, it’s wild that the Knicks thought the best idea to convince the greatest free agent in the history of the free world to sign with them was to make him sit through a freaking 10-minute video.

Yes, I know, attention spans were a bit longer 15 years ago than they are today, but still. The freaking Tony Soprano. Donald Trump (who LeBron would later straight cancel). Rudy Giuliani. Sheesh...

I guess The Decision finally has a firm rival to clinch the Dumbest Clip Filmed in 2010 Award.